Toppscore
Joined: Mar 10, 2013
Posts: 40
Northern California
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Posted on Feb 19 2014 04:22 AM
slopoke wrote: > The only amp on the list that I have any remote experience with is the Gallien-Krueger. I used to own two MB150s; one was the head and the other the combo with 1-12" speaker. They were great amps. The combo was good for practicing, and I gigged them with 2 15" Electrovoice cabinets. I had had many tube and solid state amps before (several Traynors and Fenders and one Acoustic) but the GKs were my favorite. Lots of tone shaping control, and when playing with a group, every note came out clear and distinct.
Thanks for your GK opinion, SlowPoke!
I like the simplicity of the Gallien Kruger MB200
with few knobs and controls. If I use it for live play,
I'd let my guitar electronics, rackmount preamps and
stomp-box pedals do the talking. For me, the cleaner
the amp, the better. Otherwise, I'd just get a combo amp.
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tele_45
Joined: Aug 28, 2012
Posts: 22
Bradenton, Florida
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Posted on Jun 19 2014 08:53 PM
I can't say enough good things about the G&K MB200. I originally bought it for pedal steel but ended up using it for everything. It's 200 watts into a 4 ohm, 350 watt SICA neo 12" speaker. I either use a Behringer DR400 reverb/delay or a BOSS FRV-1 reverb with it. The FRV-1 seems to do OK for surf - I'm not real picky as long as I get decent reverb and both of those units work well. The amp is super clean so if you want distortion, buy a fuzz box. I, personally, prefer a clean amp as I also play a lot of jazz chord solo stuff. I use a closed cabinet with a 10" speaker for the jazz stuff and I'm getting ready to build an open back 2x10 cabinet with a pair of JBL MI 10's for surf music - I think it will work well. The important thing to me (being just shy of 70 yrs old) is that my entire 200 watt rig weighs less than 20 pounds. I can walk in with my guitar, amp, cabinet and effects and do it in one trip.
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walksupright
Joined: May 26, 2014
Posts: 13
Toronto, Ontario
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Posted on Jun 19 2014 10:32 PM
Would you consider Markbass? I got a used F1 - 300 watts at 8Ohms, 500 at 4 Ohms and 5 lbs. It works great and gets an old school sound with an Epiphani 115. (I find that sometimes cab selection is more important than choosing a head - I own more cabs than basses!) I also run guitar through the F1 with a SansAmp in front and it works well for my purposes.
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maximumsurfandroll
Joined: Nov 16, 2013
Posts: 182
Edinburgh, Scotland
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Posted on Jun 20 2014 07:38 AM
This has definitely captured my imagination - love the idea of a super portable amp head. So, can I ask if you get enough headroom out of a bass amp head, and would you run it through a regular guitar cab or would it have to be a bass one?
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tele_45
Joined: Aug 28, 2012
Posts: 22
Bradenton, Florida
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Posted on Jun 20 2014 07:51 AM
The G&K works fine with any cabinet I've tried it with and it seems to be voiced well for guitar - that's why the steel players started using it - lots of power and easy to tote around. I've never had mine over 5 and it'll take the paint off the walls at that. If you want to go crazy, try the MB500 - it's about a pound heavier and has more features (effects loop, etc.) and puts out 500 watts. Cost is nice, too: street price is about $250.00 and they seem to hold value at about $225.00 if clean. You might also check out the new Quilter stuff - they have a little 'power block' kind of thing that I haven't tried yet but is supposed to be real good.
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